BCM Mongolia Highlight: Quick Economic Decisions Needed

Monday, 29 June 2009 10:58 Last Updated on Monday, 29 June 2009 15:07

Business Council of Mongolia NewsWire Highlight:

Mrs. S.Oyun, MP and leader of the Civil Will Party, has a special place in Mongolian politics as the only sister of S.Zorig, often called “the father of Mongolian democracy” whose murder has never been solved. Asked about her reaction to the election of Mr. Ts.Elbegdorj as President, she said the chances had appeared even and the contest was close. The final result was an expression of the people’s desire for change. They wanted to see that issues like unemployment, poverty, corruption, ecological disbalance were being tackled.

Recalling the time when her brother and others like Mr. E.Bat-Uul, Mr. R.Gonchigdorj, and Mr. Elbegdorj all together did “such a great job for Mongolia”, she said they dismantled authoritarianism but “we have not as yet received the benefits of true democracy”. Most Mongolians are still in poverty, with development halted as politicians have not been able to take important decisions. “We have been talking about the Oyu Tolgoi investment agreement for five years without coming to a conclusion,” she said. “Of course we have to negotiate carefully, but we are not the first country to have an investment agreement. We have to see what other countries did and how they fared and take a quick decision.”

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